Johnny Borrell’s label ‘proud’ of 15,678th best-selling album of the year

Johnny Borrell’s record label has issued a tongue-in-cheek statement celebrating the performance of his album Borrell 1, which sold 594 copies in its first week.

The Razorlight frontman’s debut LP failed to even maken the Top 100 this week, while X Factor loser Jahmene Douglas’ covers album Love Never Fails rocketed to the top spot, shifting 19,000 copies.

Stiff Records seemed mildly amused by its failure, with a spokesperson writing in a statement on its website: ‘First week sales of 594 makes Borrell 1 the 15,678th best selling album of the year to date.

‘So far we’ve achieved 0.00015% sales of Adele’s ’21’ – and 0.03% sales of this week’s No. 1 album from Jahmene Douglas – so we feel like it’s all to play for as we move into the all-important week two. We might even break the Top 100.

‘Borrell 1 is out now on Stiff Records. If they’re dead, we’ll sign them.’

Borrell has yet to comment on the album’s performance on Twitter, occasionally retweeting praise for it from fans instead.